NTT - The West Manggarai Police in NTT has examined three witnesses related to the alleged abuse case carried out by a member of Commission III of the DPR, Benny K Harman, to a restaurant employee in Labuan Bajo, last Thursday, May 26.
"Currently a team of investigators from the West Manggarai Police have examined three witnesses related to the alleged abuse case," said Head of Public Relations of the NTT Police, AKBP Ariasandy in Kupang, Monday 30 May.
He explained that the alleged abuse case was still being processed. Local police are still investigating.
The victim, who is a restaurant employee, has now made a police report, and an investigation is being carried out to reveal whether there are indications of a crime or not.
The three witnesses examined were from the victim himself and from the DPR member who accompanied Harman to the restaurant.
He added that the report from the reported party, Harman, had also been received by the local police. "We are still processing the reports that we receive from both the victim and the reported person and we are also continuing to carry out initial investigations regarding the case," he said, as reported by Antara.
He also explained that Harman reported back to the local restaurant management for an unpleasant act, because the reported felt he was told to move from the initial table when he wanted to order food at the restaurant.
Previously, on Thursday, May 26, a video of a member of the House of Representatives Commission III slapped a restaurant employee in Labuan Bajo three times for ordering him to move from a table that was already occupied because the table was already reserved.
Harman further said in the release he received that he did not slap the restaurant employee but only pushed him three times. He said they had been sitting at the table for 15 minutes prior to that incident and had ordered food and it had been recorded by the restaurant staff.
But about 15 minutes later, without further ado he and several people who were with him were told to leave the room immediately because the room was booked.
"We were invited out. I asked why we were told to leave, were we not allowed to eat in an air-conditioned room. Indeed, I was wearing shorts and a t-shirt, I was shabby because I had just come from garden work," he said.
Feeling that he was being treated unfairly, he intended to meet with the restaurant manager or restaurant owner, what exactly happened so that there would be no misunderstanding.
However, because the manager was not there, he admitted that he had asked the restaurant employee carefully, and he admitted that he only pushed the victim in the face three times.
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